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1. COURSE OBJECTIVES
This course is intended to provide students with an overview of the skills required for career development such as critical thinking and problem solving; communication, presentation and teamwork skills; organizational, time management and planning skills. The course enables students to explore different career paths in the field of international economics and business as well as in different types of professional organizations (businesses, social organizations and public organizations). Students are encouraged to explore their own values and goals, assess their needs, interests, strengths, weaknesses, and identify appropriate development opportunities for themselves during their studies. Through lectures, expert talks, hands-on discussions, and field visits, students will learn to identify, investigate, and pursue goals in study, work, and community service as well as to get ready for workforce requirements in the era 4.0.
2. COURSE CONTENTS
No.
Contents
Time Allocation
Contribution to CLO
Hour(s) on the class
Essays, exercise,
Assignments...
(3)
Self-study with teacher’s tutorials
(4)
Lecture
(1)
Practice, Seminar…
(2)
1
Chapter 1: Overview & design thinking
2
1
1
0
1,2
2
Chapter 2: Teamwork skills
2
1
2
7.5
8
3
Chapter 3: Discover students’ self-efficacy & Active Citizens (1): Self-awareness: Me – identity and culture
2
1
2
7.5
3
4
Chapter 4: Active Citizens (2): Multi-cultural Dialogue: listening skills at 3 levels
2
1
2
7.5
6,8
5
Chapter 5: Active Citizens (3)
2
1
2
7.5
5
6
Chapter 6: Active Citizens (4)
2
1
2
7.5
8,11
7
Chapter 7: Communication and presentation skills
2
1
1.5
7.5
6,7
8
Seminar
2
1
0
2.5
1,2
9
Chapter 8: Goal setting and study planning skills
2
1
1
5
9
10
Chapter 9: Self-study and time management skills
2
1
1
5
10
11
Chapter 10: Thinking, analytical and critical skills
2
1
2
5
4,5
12
Group project report
2
1
1
5
7,8
13
Field visits to businesses/professional organizations
2
1
1
5
1,2
14
Group project presentation and discussion
2
1
2
5
6,7
15
Group project presentation and discussion
2
1
2
5
6,7
Total (hour)
30
15
22.5
82.5
3. COURSE ASSESSMENT
- Score ladder: 10
- Type of assessment
Form
Content
Criteria
CLO
Proportion
Formative
Attendance
Check attendance, assess students' preparation before attending lessons on active citizens, students' active participation in the class.
The number of attendances and participation in lesson
3,4,5,6,8,10,11,12,13,14
10%
Midterm test
Individual Test – In-class MCQ test in session 9 (25 minutes with 50 questions on all content of the previous lessons). The weight of this test is 20% of the total score of the course.
Individual Assignment – Goal setting and study planning (for students to do at home after session on Goal setting and study plan and submit in the next session). This assignment ’s weight is 10% of the total score of the course
50 MCQ test in 25 minutes
+ Individual assignment
2,9,10
30%
Summative
Final test
Group project includes Group report and Group presentation
- The group report is from 10 pages A4 in length (50% of the total score of the course)
The report should include the following sections:
+Title of the project +Background information +Objectives
+Actions
+Required resource and resource allocation (what, who, when, how...)
+Monitoring and evaluation
+Risks and risk management
- Group presentation: 5-7 minutes/group (10% of the total score of the course)
- Criteria for evaluating the group report:
+ Define clear problem (2 points)
+ The content matches the title of the project, fully solves the problem and includes the required sections (5 points)
+ Documentation of honest and transparent use of data sources (1 point)
+ Format of presentation, language, tables, citation of references (2 points)
Criteria for evaluating the presentation:
+ Good presentation content (5 points)
Good presentation skills (3 points)
+ Slides well prepared (1 point)
+ Time of presentation as prescribed (1 point)
1,2,4,5,7,8,11
60%
Total:
100%